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IRMC’s ‘navigators’ are the GPS for cancer care
If you are curious, you could go to the National Institutes of Health’s website and look up the ...
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Whirlwind of activity at county hospitals during Irma
Indian River County’s two hospitals kept their heads above water during Hurricane Irma, continuing to admit and treat ...
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Take heart from benefits of moderate drinking
Here’s a little something you won’t find in the history books. When the 21st amendment repealed 14 years ...
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Vero-raised doc eagerly joins Florida Cancer Specialists
Florida Cancer Specialists, which has offices in Vero Beach, Sebastian and many other locations across the state, participated ...
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Today’s primary care includes healthy dose of acronyms
Primary care physicians – or PCPs – are, simply put, the keystone that holds the ever-widening arch of ...
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Certain diabetes meds can help with osteoporosis
Many people – women especially – have both Type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis. This isn’t surprising, as the ...
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Sebastian River proud of ER team’s ‘door-to-doc’ time
One thing that’s not likely to change in the immediate aftermath of Steward Health’s takeover of the Sebastian ...
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Implanted pump works wonders during heart surgery
Dr. Dinesh Patel is a cardiac surgery specialist whose skills are so sought-after that he performs procedures at ...
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No time to ‘waist’ in fight against overfat pandemic
You may think a healthy body type is measured by the pounds you see on your home scale, ...
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Study links chronic pain to cognitive impairment
For the first time, researchers have made an association between chronic pain and memory loss in older adults, ...
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So long, pardner: Popular Vero doctor pulling up stakes
A pair of well broken-in cowboy boots might be the first visual cue that Dr. William (Bill) Frazier ...
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New drug may revolutionize prostate cancer treatment
Recent research from a United Kingdom-funded clinical trial could change the standard of care for men with prostate ...